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horrific images of torture that shocked the conscience of the world
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In the matter of the Golden Moutza of May and the horrific (mock) bloody head of the president held by C-list comic Kathy Griffin, please think back to just a few years ago.
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The landmark investigative report documents horrific abuses and also details of CIA lies to the White House, Congress, the courts, and the public about its torture program.
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As Japan’s ruler during World War II, Akihito’s father, Emperor Shōwa, was accused of carrying out horrific war crimes.
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His distinctive world view stems from being the South African-born growing up as the son of a black mother and a white father during the horrific era of apartheid.
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The regime's brutality is legendary, and ISIS militants are infamous for beheadings, crucifixions, and other horrific methods of execution.
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A mainly Christian militia that arose in opposition to the rebels then carried out horrific violence against Muslim civilians in retaliation, even though few of them supported Seleka in the first place.
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Yet their stories of life inside the Jackson County jail are sometimes horrific.
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Mr. Malvo and an older man, John A. Muhammad, went on a horrific shooting spree in 2002 that left at least 10 people dead in Washington, and in its Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
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HORRIFIC Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of horrific for English Language Learners
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: causing horror or shock
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